Implement of warfare



Feb. 12, 1935. v. GONZALES IMPLEMENT OF WARFARE Filed Aug. 22, 1933 5. INVENTOR Patented Feb. 12, 1935 PATEN T OFFICE IMPLEMENT F Vicente Gonzales, Chicago, Ill. Application August 22, 1933, Serial l\To. 686,278 7' -olaim. (01. 89-37) This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in implements of warfare, and more particularly to mounts for guns within armored cars or tanks for broadcast fire and for anti-aircraft use. j

One of the principal objects of the invention contemplates the use of a 'mounting which will readily permitand facilitate the altering of the gun position for active use as an infantry weapon as well as an anti-aircraft gun. The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed. l In the drawing: 7 V Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an armored car or tank with the'top' partly broken away showing the relative arrangement of the gunsand mounts therefor within the confines of the vehicle;

Fig. 2 is Fig. 1; i

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the gun and mountings therefor;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

a sectional-view taken onjline 22 of view taken on Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the {drawing in detail wherein.

like characters of referencedenote correspond ing parts, the reference character indicates generally the chassis of a motorized armored car or tank which is provided with communi-- cating openings 11 in. the sides andortop thereof to facilitatemanipulation and use. of the fire arm in a manner to be presently apparent. The armored car or tank forms n'o part of the present device, but is described and illustrated forpurposes of illustration in bringing out the characteristics of the present device.

The gunmounting or support alluded to in the foregoing contemplates the employment of standards 12 having base portions 13 and braces novel 14 extending from remote portions of the base to appropriate points in theheight of the standards. Cross members 15 and 16 are employed at intervals between the base portions, braces, and standards and which may be suitably anchored to the vfloor within the armored car or tank in order to maintain the supports in position as against vibration and weaving motions of the armored car or tank incident to the rough terrain over whichthevehicle travels.

A supporting plate or gun mount 17 carries. ears 18 pivotally associated with the standards 12. The said supporting platejor gun mount is "provided with an opening 19 for the passage of relation to the bolt 20, is designed for sliding motion within an arcuate-shaped slot 23 in the plate in order that transverse or broadcast sweeping motion may be imparted to thegun.

m From the foregoing description and accompanying drawing it is readily noted that the firearm may be shifted to occupy the several distinct positions as shown in full and dotted lines in Figs. 2, 4, and 5 of the drawing.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed as:

A device of the type described comprising two spaced upright members, a supporting plate, said supporting platehaving its ends bent to provide arms having pivots, saidsupports having openings for loosely receiving said pivots, said supporting plate having an opening, a firearm having a pivot arranged within said opening, said plate having a curved opening, and a reach carried by said firearm and extending through said opening and having means arranged to press against one side ofthe'plate to connect the firearm in fixed relation with theplate. I

1 VICENTE GONZALES. 

